A newpolice inspector will take charge of the Witney and Carterton police area in the next few weeks.

Insp Arthur Saville has left Thames Valley Police to work for the Police Federation.

His replacement is Insp Darren Carver, who joined Thames Valley Police from the Metropolitan Police in 1989.

He was a sergeant in Witney before becoming an inspector at Chipping Norton.

Insp Carver is currently a patrol inspector in Oxford.